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Bryan Pregon

Here's how you access the super creepy data Facebook has on you - 4 views

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    "Since 2010, Facebook allows you to download an archive file of all your interactions with the network. It's a 5-click easy process that your grandmother can do "
Bryan Pregon

Why Donald Trump Blinked on Guns | Time - 30 views

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    What are your thoughts on the gun control debate. It will be 1 month tomorrow that Parkland FL school shooter killed 17 and seriously wounded 17 others. Has the outrage become "yesterdays news"? How do the POLITICS of this issue make solutions difficult to reach?
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    My thoughts on the debate is that guns should be more restricted, but not completely disallowed. Ideas like banning bump stocks are very good, but going without due process is a side that isn't good. However, the outrage and protesting about mass shootings like parkland and sandy hook should never become just yesterday news and should be a constant focus, but due to media jumping off issues quickly for ratings, how divisive the issue is among political groups, and the NRA lobbying extremely for gun rights, it is hard to reach any sort of conclusion and compromise,
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    I do believe that our government did have intentions of wanting to change in order to prevent gun violence, but as time passed, they seem to have little effort now to do anything. Yes, the solution may take a long time for everyone to be on board with, especially to those that support guns, they are now neglecting the idea. From the government's perspective, it seems to be old news to them, but society and civilians are still trying to remind and encourage the White House to make a change.
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    I think trumps thoughts on arming teacher is a good idea because it would keep schools safe and their students. It would also make the school shootings less likely to happen
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    I believe that we should ban bump stocks, and raise the age to buy a gun with stricter background checks.
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    I agree with Sara. It even said in the article that most of Trumps supporters republicans that don't want stricter gun laws. With that being said, he doesn't want to lose those supporters. It also talked about how he was for tightening the laws right after the shooting happened; moving into the idea without really knowing about gun laws. During the luncheon he hosted, he didn't stick to what he had proposed.
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    I think sadly it has begun to become yesterdays news. At first everyone was outraged and everyone wanted results with plans of walkouts and things like that but as time passes people slowly started talking about it less and the press for change lessened.
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    agreeing with sarah and dthomas how they had put their attention to it at first but after few days and weeks had passed they had lost the interest to put as much attention to it. They do need to put more attention and change the age to buy an assault rifle as it is as deadly as any other weapon, especially to an 18-year-old. The government risks more lives being taken with more school shootings by people who shouldn't have a weapon in the first place.
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    This outrage has become slightly a thing of yesterday. I know it's not completely out of people's minds because there is still a lot of local and national talk about the walkouts and movements planned to continue the spread of awareness. In this article it states that Trump had changed his mind on the gun legislation a few weeks following the tragedy. He was all for changing the ages and putting restrictions on the gun laws, but was very quick to change his mind after the media died down on the subject. Most of his supporters, shown in private polls, are not interested in changing the gun laws and legislation because he still wants to hold as many supporters as he can. The outrage seems to be yesterday news because it isn't in the media all the much anymore. I don't think our country has moved on from the tragedy yet because there is still a lot of talk about the national walkouts and the other movements that are being pushed to enforce change in the legislation.
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    I feel like as the president he should stick with his ideas and support them.Not switch up because hes afraid to upset people.The people voted him in he shouldn't cave because hes scared of the NRA when its our safety he should worry about
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    I agree with Grace. She right it has become old news which is sad, people should talk more about the safety of people. And like Grace said they plan all these walkouts and stuff but people stopped talking about it which made the press quit talking about it, and if the press isn't talking about it then no one else is. And if no one is talking then there is going to be no change
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    I think that this news has become "old". Huge amounts of support at first, but the momentum died eventually. The whole conversation is slowly dying because of the realities of politics too. Like one person said in the article, you can just swing a pen around for a bit and give way to legislation. It takes time. But sadly, this topic won't stay around long enough.
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    When these shooting first happened the government had intentions of taking control of gun violence and preventing these type of events. But after a while their effort to control this has reduced to little or nothing. From the governments perspective they think that it will go away and but the community wants to have the laws change.
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    I feel maybe they should be more strict on guns and the background checks be more thorough. just wondering why 21 for semiauto pistols but 18 for fully auto AR's. It should be the other way around.
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    its yesterday news because after the shooting we been talking about to raise the age in assault rifle as in the last couple of weeks so this shooting gave a heads up about school safety and the age to buy assault rifles.
Bryan Pregon

Iowa Senate OKs 'heartbeat' bill that bans most abortions - 3 views

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    "Lawmakers in the Iowa Senate have approved a bill that would ban most abortions at the first detectable fetal heartbeat."
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    i think this is a good bill because alot of people take advantage of getting rid of a baby. if a heartbeat is detected i dont think you should be able to get rid of it. just have it and put it up for adoption for people who cant have kids.
sarahspidle

Aunt of 13 siblings allegedly held captive tried 'for years' to get in touch with the f... - 25 views

shared by sarahspidle on 17 Jan 18 - No Cached
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    I think that the law enforcement did the right thing and got these terrible people for what they did to those kids.
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    I agree that the law enforcement did do the right thing but I also think that it was good that the daughter did escape and called the police, or else they might not of gotten the help they needed in the first place.
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    I heard about this all over the internet such as facebook, snapchat, etc... and i believe the law enforcement did the right thing and saved many lives that day.
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    This is so very sad. I have been reading about this and in one article I read it said all the kids could keep a diary. They believe the parents could be faced with more charges.
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    We talk about this story in ROTC. It's very sad, but even though how scared that girl must of been she did a great thing and saved her life, and her siblings life.
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    This looks like something off of criminal minds, I watch it all the time and this is actually something that would happen on there. That's crazy people are so heartless
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    This is very sad but they got the right punishment and glad everyone was safe!
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    I think this is repulsive and terrible however the authorities did do the right thing
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    This story is very sad and scary. But I would probably not love my sister after knowing that all this happened. Considering the fact that she never got to see her sisters children that she really badly wanted to see.
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    I think it is very strange how the sister didn't catch on to any of the strange actions that happened when she was there and that no one even questioned the fact that they were never allowed any further than the driveway with no contact with the kids for years.
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    I think the police did the right things but I don't understand how no one noticed the kids didn't come out of the house or didn't hear them.
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    They cops did the right thing but the sister shouldn't have been so oblivious.
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    I believe that what the law did was the right thing, but however, the sister should've been more suspicious and paid closer attention to the signs or even try entering the house.
Bryan Pregon

North Korea talks: Trump to meet Kim Jong Un - CNNPolitics - 0 views

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    "President Donald Trump has agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the White House announced, setting the scene for an unprecedented encounter between two nations that only recently threatened to wipe each other out."
Bryan Pregon

Portugal's Example: What Happened After It Decriminalized All Drugs, From Weed to Heroi... - 0 views

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    "Today, Portuguese authorities don't arrest anyone found holding what's considered less than a 10-day supply of an illicit drug - a gram of heroin, ecstasy, or amphetamine, two grams of cocaine, or 25 grams of cannabis. Instead, drug offenders receive a citation and are ordered to appear before so- called "dissuasion panels" made up of legal, social, and psychological experts. Most cases are simply suspended. Individuals who repeatedly come before the panels may be prescribed treatment, ranging from motivational counseling to opiate substitution therapy."
Bryan Pregon

Iowa named best state in nation, Nebraska number 7 - 6 views

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    WE'RE #1 !!!
sarahspidle

Florida school shooting suspect had access to 10 firearms, including AK-47 variant - AB... - 9 views

shared by sarahspidle on 20 Feb 18 - No Cached
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    We need real gun control so stuff like this doesn't happen as often, he bought guns himself! They need to increase the age on getting a gun, many background checks even mental history before giving a "broken" child a gun. This is a real issue.
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    US government should think about gun control seriously, we should not have this accident any more.
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    At the end of this article they called Cruz a "broken child" and I do not like when people refer to him as that because I feel as if they use that as a way of trying to justify what he did which is wrong to me.
sierradogan

How Donald Trump has enabled the outrageous 'crisis actors' conspiracy in Florida - CNN... - 7 views

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    It's really frustrating to see how grown adults are treating the children that survived this event. Instead of just taking the time to listen to the victims, they belittle them for being young and "ignorant," and are now accusing them of being crisis actors. One of the most important things we need to do during the gun control conversation is listen to survivors of tragedies like this. If anyone knows what they're talking about, it's these kids because they're the ones who lived through it.
Bryan Pregon

Trump rates as worst ever, but you should be skeptical - CNNPolitics - 4 views

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    "Indeed, there is good reason to be cautious in using this study of political scientists to determine what Trump's place in history is at this point or what it will ultimately be. Why?"
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    "The majority of respondents (57%) self-identified as Democrats compared to just 13% who were Republicans." ... "Interestingly, the survey also found that Republican political scientists were also not fans of Trump."
ellemalone

Chicago-area high school students chanting 'save our kids' stage walkouts to ... - 1 views

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    "You guys are the generation that is going to make some sort of change if change is going to happen," McGuire said. "We want to support you in that, but we also want to make sure you're safe."
arodriguez333

Trump expresses support for raising assault rifle age to 21, presses cases for arming s... - 1 views

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    Thoughts on arming teachers in schools?
Bryan Pregon

People are defecting from the GOP. But not to the Democrats - CNNPolitics - 1 views

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    "Fewer people say they consider themselves Republicans, according to recent polling. But they're not becoming Democrats instead. That's the conclusion of an analysis of Gallup data by Marquette Law professor and pollster Charles Franklin. He found that while there is a slight increase in Democratic Party support among Americans, more Americans are just becoming pure independents."
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